1995 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
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The 1995 North Indian Ocean cyclone season had no bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and December, with peaks in May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean
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, retaining tropical depression strength over the long passage. It became Tropical Depression 1B on September 13, and continued west-northwestward, slowly consolidating until reaching tropical storm strength on the 16th. It reached a peak of 50 mi/h just before hitting the Indian coast. It dissipated 4 days later.
. It moved west-northwestward, reaching tropical storm strength on the 22nd. It continued to intensify as it recurved to the northeast, becoming a cyclone on the 23rd and reaching a peak of 120 mi/h on the 24th. It weakened to a 95 mi/h cyclone at the time of its Bangladesh landfall on the 25th, and dissipated later that day. The cyclone caused 9 fatalities.
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
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Season summary
Four tropical cyclones were observed, less than the average of 5-6. Two reached Cyclone strength.Tropical Storm 01B
Western Pacific Tropical Depression 16W crossed over VietnamVietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and Myanmar
Myanmar
Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....
, retaining tropical depression strength over the long passage. It became Tropical Depression 1B on September 13, and continued west-northwestward, slowly consolidating until reaching tropical storm strength on the 16th. It reached a peak of 50 mi/h just before hitting the Indian coast. It dissipated 4 days later.
Tropical Storm 02A
On October 11, a tropical storm formed and began to move westward across the Arabian Sea, but met its demise from vertical shear on October 18.Tropical Cyclone 03B
The monsoon westerlies spawned a tropical depression on November 5 in the eastern Bay of Bengal. It moved northwestward, becoming a tropical storm on the 5th. Just prior to its Indian landfall on the 9th it reached cyclone strength, but it dissipated over India the next day. The tropical moisture from the system led to a heavy snowfall over the mountains. 62 people were killed from either landslides or avalanches.Tropical Cyclone 04B
The final storm of the season started on November 18 over northern SumatraSumatra
Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...
. It moved west-northwestward, reaching tropical storm strength on the 22nd. It continued to intensify as it recurved to the northeast, becoming a cyclone on the 23rd and reaching a peak of 120 mi/h on the 24th. It weakened to a 95 mi/h cyclone at the time of its Bangladesh landfall on the 25th, and dissipated later that day. The cyclone caused 9 fatalities.
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See also
- List of North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
- List of tropical cyclones
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